Title: Giving USA 2001
1The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year
2005
2 Giving USA 2006 is published by the Giving USA
Foundation and has been researched and written by
32005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLION BY SOURCE OF
CONTRIBUTION
Corporations13.775.3
Foundations30.00 11.5
Individuals199.07 76.5
Bequests17.44 6.7
42005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLION BY SOURCE OF
CONTRIBUTION
- Total estimated charitable giving in 2005 reached
260.28 billion. This is an increase of 6.1
percent (2.7 percent adjusted for inflation). - The total includes Giving USAs estimates of
contributions made in 2005 for disaster relief,
based on data available in April 2006. - Individuals (79 percent of disaster giving)
5.83 billion - Independent, community, and operating 0.16
billion - foundations (2 percent of disaster giving,
- estimated by the Foundation Center)
- Corporations (19 percent of disaster giving)
1.38 billion - Total 7.37 billion
52005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLION BY SOURCE OF
CONTRIBUTION
- The estimates here assume that most disaster
relief giving was in addition to all other
contributions that the donor would normally make.
This assumption is supported by survey results
for household donors for disaster relief giving
in 2005 (The Conference Board and the Center on
Philanthropy), the receipts reported to Giving
USA in its survey for this edition, experience
after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the
reports of charities themselves in 2005 in polls
taken by the Association of Fundraising
Professionals and Guidestar. - Individual or household donors contributed an
estimated 199.07 billion, or 76.5 percent of
total estimated giving. The estimate of giving by
individuals or households includes 1) estimated
charitable deductions claimed on tax returns 2)
an estimate for giving by households that do not
itemize deductions and 3) an estimate based on
household surveys for relief giving after the
tsunami and after the hurricanes.
62005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLION BY SOURCE OF
CONTRIBUTION
- No data are available as of early 2006 for the
potential impact on individual or corporate
giving of the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act
(KETRA). Anecdotal reports suggest that some
individuals increased their contributions in late
2005 to benefit from that acts provisions. The
estimate here does not include gifts that might
have been prompted by the KETRA provisions. - Charitable bequests were estimated to be 17.44
billion, or 6.7 percent of total estimated
giving. The estimate of charitable bequests
includes an estimate for the amount contributed
by estates that will file an estate tax return
for 2005 and an amount for estates that are not
required to file a federal estate tax return.
72005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLION BY SOURCE OF
CONTRIBUTION
- The sum of gifts by living individuals and
through charitable bequests is 216.51 billion,
which represents 83.2 percent of estimated total
giving for 2005. This is the lowest percentage
ever for personal gifts (from living individuals
and bequests). It is lower because corporate
giving grew to exceptionally high levels in 2005
with contributions for disaster relief. Also,
foundation grantmaking is estimated to be
relatively near its all-time high of 11.8 percent
(reached in 2001). - Grantmaking by independent (private), community,
and operating foundations was estimated by the
Foundation Center to be 30 billion. This is
11.5 percent of total estimated giving.
82005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLION BY SOURCE OF
CONTRIBUTION
- Corporate giving, including approximately 3.6
billion in grants from corporate foundations,
according to the Foundation Center, is estimated
to be 13.77 billion or 5.3 percent of total
estimated contributions in 2005. This includes
estimated relief giving in cash and in-kind,
based on counts prepared by the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce.
92005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLIONBY TYPE OF
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
Environmentand animals8.863.4
Internationalaffairs6.392.5
Foundations21.70 8.3
Arts, culture, and humanities13.515.2
Unallocatedgiving 16.156.2
Public-society benefit14.035.4
Human services 25.36 9.7
Religion 93.18 35.8
Education38.56 14.8
Health 22.548.7
102005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLIONBY TYPE OF
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
- Religious organizations received an estimated
93.18 billion in charitable gifts in 2005, or
35.8 percent of the total. This includes 431
million in disaster relief gifts tracked at
denominational relief organizations, ministries,
and missions. - Educational institutions received an estimated
38.56 billion, which is 14.8 percent of the
total. About 10 million of disaster giving was
reportedly made directly to organizations in the
education subsector. Some disaster relief giving
went to educational institutions through other
charities, such as the Bush-Clinton Katrina
Fund, and is recorded in the subsector of the
original recipient. - Health organizations received an estimated 22.54
billion, or 8.7 percent of the total. About 10
million in disaster giving was reportedly made
initially to health organizations. Many health
organizations received support from charities
that were the initial recipients of a donation,
including congregations, United Way, or the
Bush-Clinton relief fund.
112005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLIONBY TYPE OF
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
- Human services organizations received 25.36
billion, or 9.7 percent of the total. This
includes an estimated 3.31 billion in disaster
relief gifts reported as received at
organizations in this subsector. The largest
single recipient was the American Red Cross,
which received 2.4 billion in 2005 for the three
disasters. - Arts, culture, and humanities organizations
received an estimated 13.51 billion, or 5.2
percent of the total. This includes 40 million
(0.04 billion) in disaster relief for museums
and support for Architecture for Humanity and
other rebuilding efforts focused in the arts. - Public-society benefit organizations received an
estimated 14.03 billion, or 5.4 percent of the
total. This includes an estimated 263 million
(0.26 billion) in disaster relief gifts tracked
as received at organizations in this subsector.
122005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLIONBY TYPE OF
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
- Environment and animals organizations received an
estimated 8.86 billion, or 3.4 percent of the
total. This includes approximately 30 million
(0.03 billion) in disaster relief for animals
or the environment. - International affairs organizations received an
estimated 6.39 billion, or 2.5 percent of the
total. This includes 1.14 billion in estimated
disaster relief. - The Foundation Center estimates giving of 21.70
billion to foundations in 2005, or 8.3 percent
of the total. Announced disaster relief gifts of
50 million (0.05 billion) to community
foundations are included in this estimate.
132005 CONTRIBUTIONS 260.28 BILLIONBY TYPE OF
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
- Deductions carried over and unallocated giving
are estimated at 16.15 billion or 6.2 percent of
the total. This amount represents individual and
corporate deductions expected to be claimed in
2005 for gifts made in prior years (carried
over), amounts that donors deduct at a value
different from what the nonprofit reports as
revenue, gifts and grants to government entities,
foundation grants to organizations located in
another country, and contributions to new
organizations not yet allocated to a subsector.
14ESTIMATED GIVING FOR DISASTERS COMPARED WITH
KNOWN RECEIPTS AT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, 2005
( in billions)
15ESTIMATED GIVING FOR DISASTERS COMPARED WITH
KNOWN RECEIPTS AT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, 2005
- The total estimate for giving to disasters in
2005 is 7.37 billion. This estimate is based on
the best available data in early 2006, and it
includes cash and in-kind giving from
individuals, corporations, and foundations. This
is an estimate of the sources of relief giving. - To estimate the distribution of relief
contributions by type of recipient, Giving USA
asked all survey recipients about disaster relief
receipts and supplemented survey responses with
data from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana
University for organizations that did not return
the survey. The amount that could be tracked in
those two methods reached 5.34 billion. This
amount does not include many congregations or
public agencies such as schools or public
hospitals.
16ESTIMATED GIVING FOR DISASTERS COMPARED WITH
KNOWN RECEIPTS AT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, 2005
- Both of these estimates (sources and types of
recipients) include some value for in-kind
donations, especially from corporations, which
contributed supplies, equipment, medicines, and
much more. Not all corporations reported a value
for their in-kind gifts. Where a dollar value was
available, it was included. - Some of the giving estimated here is likely to
have replaced gifts that otherwise would have
been made in 2005, yet no data are available
about the dollar value of gifts that would have
been made if there had been no disasters (what
economists call crowding-out). The entire
amount here is added to estimates of charitable
giving generated following Giving USAs usual
estimating procedures for contributions.
17ESTIMATES OF DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS BY DONOR
TYPE, 2005
( in billions)
18ESTIMATES OF DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS BY DONOR
TYPE, 2005
- Individuals contributed an estimated 5.83
billion for disaster relief, with most of that
going for hurricane relief (4.25 billion),
followed by 1.54 billion contributed for tsunami
relief in 2005, and a more typical disaster
contribution of about 0.04 billion (40 million)
for relief after the Pakistan earthquake of
October 2005. - Corporate donors gave an estimated 0.94 billion
(940 million) for hurricane relief. Corporate
donors gave an estimated 0.34 billion (340
million) for tsunami relief in 2005 and an
estimated 0.1 billion (100 million) in relief
after the Pakistan earthquake. The U.S. Chamber
of Commerce shows an estimated 84 million in
disaster relief giving by corporate foundations.
To avoid double counting, the overall corporate
giving estimate only uses the Foundation Centers
reported corporate foundation grantmaking and
does not include the corporate foundation grants
tracked by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
19ESTIMATES OF DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS BY DONOR
TYPE, 2005
- Independent, community, and operating foundation
grant payments for disasters is estimated to have
been 0.16 billion (160 million). Approxi-mately
0.11 billion (108 million) is thought to be
grants paid in 2005 for relief work after the
hurricanes and approximately 0.05 billion (50
million) is thought to be grants paid in 2005 for
relief in the Indian Ocean (0.04 billion) and in
Pakistan (0.01 billion). These are preliminary
estimates based on data collected by the
Foundation Center through spring 2006. The
Foundation Center will release more information
in 2006 and 2007.
20RECIPIENTS OF DISASTERRELIEF GIVING, 2005
( in millions)
Public-societybenefit262.824
Human services-Intl aid607.758
Environment29.270
Human Services-Hurricanes2,700.1736
Art38.411
Intl- Intl aid1,001.9614
Health9.000
Intl-Hurricanes140.292
Unknown/other 2,083.00 28
Education10.420
Religion430.816
Foundations51.261
21RECIPIENTS OF DISASTER RELIEF GIVING, 2005
- In the wake of the of the Gulf Coast hurricanes,
organizations in the human services subsector
reported the highest share of the total received
by organizations providing information. Hurricane
relief gifts to human services organizations
reached at least 2,700.17 million (2.70
billion). - Gifts estimated at 140.29 million (0.14
billion) were given to organizations in the
international affairs subsector that provided
relief services in the United States after
Hurricane Katrina. - Gifts made for tsunami relief went to
organizations in the international subsector, the
human services subsector, and the religion
subsector. The largest share went to
organizations in the international aid subsector,
which received at least 1,001.96 million (1.0
billion).
22RECIPIENTS OF DISASTER RELIEF GIVING, 2005
- Human services organizations in the United States
also received funds for tsunami relief, reporting
an estimated 607.75 million (0.61 billion). - Religious organizations, including the relief
programs affiliated with denominations,
ministries and missions, received an estimated
430.81 million (0.43 billion) in relief funding
for the two crises the tsunami and the
hurricanes. It is probable that far more was
donated through congregations and distributed to
recipients not tracked by any source, including
Giving USA or the Center on Philanthropy.
23CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, WITH AND WITHOUT
DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005 (Not adjusted
for inflation)
With disaster giving included
Before disaster giving added
Percentage change from previous year
24CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, WITH AND WITHOUT
DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005 (Not adjusted
for inflation)
- The Giving USA estimates for 2005 include 7.37
billion in estimated contributions made for
relief. - The estimates are preliminary, based on
information available in April 2006. Total giving
without disaster giving included is estimated at
252.99 billion, which is 3.2 percent more than
the revised estimate of 245.22 billion for 2004,
not adjusting for inflation. - If no disaster giving were added, Giving USA
estimates that individual giving would be 193.24
billion, an increase of 3.3 percent over the
revised estimate for 2004 of 187.11 billion. - The estimate for bequest giving would not change,
as no bequests were found directed to relief
work, but charitable bequests are down 5.6
percent in 2005 compared with 2004.
25CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, WITH AND WITHOUT
DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005 (Not adjusted
for inflation)
- The estimate for foundation giving would be
approximately 29.84 billion, a change of 5.0
percent compared with 28.41 billion in
foundation grantmaking in 2004, as reported by
the Foundation Center. - Corporate giving would be an estimated 12.47
billion, or 10.9 percent above the revised
estimate of 11.24 billion for 2004.
26CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, WITH AND WITHOUT
DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005(Adjusted for
inflation)
With disaster giving included
Before disaster giving added
Percentage change from previous year
27CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, WITH AND WITHOUT
DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005(Adjusted for
inflation)
- Adjusted for inflation, total giving is estimated
to have declined by 0.2 percent before disaster
giving is added. The estimated decline is
attributable to declining bequest amounts and a
small decline estimated in giving by individuals
before including disaster giving. - Individual giving with disaster gifts included
rose an estimated 2.9 percent (adjusted for
inflation). Before adding the disaster amount,
individual giving is estimated to have declined
by 0.1 percent. This decline reflects a very low
inflation-adjusted increase (0.2 percent) in the
Standard Poors 500 Index, which is used as an
indicator of wealth, one of the key factors that
is associated with changes in giving. - No charitable bequests could be found that were
directed to disaster relief, although bequest
giving did fall for other reasons in 2005.
28CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, WITH AND WITHOUT
DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005(Adjusted for
inflation)
- Adjusted for inflation, foundation grantmaking
rose an estimated 1.5 percent before adding
disaster relief gifts. This also reflects a lower
rate of increase in the stock market than was
seen in 2004, when the Standard Poors 500
Index grew by 6.2 percent adjusted for inflation
from the end of 2003 through the end of 2004. - Before adding disaster giving, corporate giving
is estimated to have grown by 7.3 percent,
adjusted for inflation. This rate of growth
reflects very strong growth in Gross Domestic
Product and growth in profits before tax in 2004
and 2005.
29CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT, WITH AND
WITHOUT DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005 (Not
adjusted for inflation)
With disaster giving included
Before disastergiving added
Percentage change from previous year
30CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT, WITH AND
WITHOUT DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005 (Not
adjusted for inflation)
- The Center on Philanthropy tracked relief gifts
throughout 2005. Relief gifts predominantly
affected three subsectors Human services
international affairs and to a lesser extent,
public-society benefit. - Religious organizations include groups such as
the Mennonite Central Committee, United Methodist
World Relief, Lutheran Services America and many
others. With disaster giving added, giving to
religion rose by 5.9 percent. Without the gifts
to these denominational mission and relief
agencies, giving to religious organizations rose
5.5 percent. - Education organizations received an estimated 10
million in relief gifts. This had just a small
impact on the percentage change in giving to this
subsector. - Health organizations received an estimated 10
million in donations for relief work. The impact
on the overall percentage change was very small.
31CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT, WITH AND
WITHOUT DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005 (Not
adjusted for inflation)
- With disaster giving included, giving to the
human services subsector grew by 32.3 percent.
Even before relief giving, organizations in this
subsector reported an unusually strong year, with
growth of 15.0 percent in charitable gifts. - Arts organizations saw charitable gifts decline
in 2005 by 3.4 percent with disaster giving
included. Relief gifts to arts organizations
included donations to Architecture for Humanity
and other organizations providing immediate
relief and taking part in the rebuilding efforts.
Giving to this subsector dropped 3.7 percent
before relief gifts were added.
32CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT, WITH AND
WITHOUT DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005 (Not
adjusted for inflation)
- Public-society benefit organizations saw giving
rise by 8.3 percent with disaster relief giving
included. Before disaster relief contributions of
an estimated 263 million to these organizations
are added to the total, contributions to
organizations in the public-society benefit
subsector increased by 6.2 percent. - Organizations in the environment-animals
subsector raised relief funds for animal rescue
after the hurricanes, which helped boost giving
to this sector by 16.4 percent. Before the relief
amounts, contributions to organizations in this
subsector rose by an estimated 16.0 percent.
33CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT, WITH AND
WITHOUT DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2004-2005 (Not
adjusted for inflation)
- With relief gifts included, the international
affairs subsector saw giving increase 19.4
percent. Without including relief gifts,
contributions to organizations in the
international affairs subsector fell by 1.9
percent. This decline, the first since 1997 in
this subsector, suggests that at least some gifts
that would normally have been made for
international affairs went instead for relief
work.
34CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT, WITH AND
WITHOUT DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2005(Adjusted
for inflation)
With disaster giving included
Before disastergiving added
Percentage change from previous year
35CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT, WITH AND
WITHOUT DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2005(Adjusted
for inflation)
- Adjusted for inflation, giving to religious
organizations rose 2.5 percent with disaster
gifts included and 2.0 percent before adding
them. - Contributions to education organizations rose by
9.4 percent with disaster relief gifts added and
9.3 percent before adding them. - Giving to health fell by 0.7 percent with
disaster relief gifts included. The gifts
directly to health organizations that were
reported were so low that the change is the same
whether they are included or not. - Giving to human services organizations rose by
28.0 percent with disaster giving included and by
11.3 percent before disaster giving was added. - Giving for the arts, culture, and humanities
subsector fell by 5.6 percent adjusted for
inflation with disaster relief gifts included and
dropped 5.8 percent before they were added in.
36CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT, WITH AND
WITHOUT DISASTER CONTRIBUTIONS, 2005(Adjusted
for inflation)
- Giving to organizations in the public-society
benefit subsector rose by 4.7 percent adjusted
for inflation with disaster gifts included and by
2.8 percent before disaster giving was included. - Giving to the environment/animals subsector rose
12.6 percent with disaster relief giving included
and by 12.2 percent before it was added. - Giving for the international affairs subsector
rose 15.6 percent with disaster relief giving and
fell by 5.1 percent before it was added.
37CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE,20042005 AND
20032004
(Not adjusted for inflation)
20042005
20032004
Percentage change from previous year
38CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE,20042005 AND
20032004
(Not adjusted for inflation)
- This page compares changes between 2004 and 2005
with disaster giving included and changes between
2003 and 2004, all before adjustment for
inflation. The next page considers the same years
with adjustment for inflation. - Total giving in 2005 rose by an estimated 6.1
percent, an increase over the change of 3.8
percent in the prior year. - Individual giving increased in 2005 by an
estimated 6.4 percent, a faster rate of growth
than between 2003 and 2004, which was 3.8
percent. - Charitable bequests in 2005 are estimated to have
declined 5.5 percent, largely because of fewer
deaths. This rate of change is a shift from the
1.5 percent rate of growth seen in 2004.
39CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE,20042005 AND
20032004
(Not adjusted for inflation)
- Foundation grantmaking is estimated to have
increased 5.6 percent in 2005, according to the
Foundation Center, a slightly slower rate of
growth than was found for 2004. This estimate is
for grantmaking by independent, community, and
operating foundations. Corporate foundation
grantmaking is in the estimate of corporate
giving. - Corporate giving shows an exceptionally high rate
of growth in 2005, at 22.5 percent, a big change
from the 1.6 percent rate of growth estimated for
2004. The 2005 value reflects increased gross
domestic product, increased corporate profits,
and about 1.38 billion in disaster relief
giving.
40CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, 20042005 AND
20032004
(Adjusted for inflation)
20042005
20032004
Percentage change from previous year
41CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, 20042005 AND
20032004
(Adjusted for inflation)
- After adjustment for inflation using the Consumer
Price Index, total giving is estimated to have
increased by 2.7 percent in 2005, which is
greater than the inflation-adjusted increase of
1.1 percent estimated for 2004. The Consumer
Price Index measured inflation at 3.5 percent in
2005 and 2.6 percent in 2004. Note that sometimes
when adjusting Giving USA estimates, the rounding
process yields an inflation-adjusted change that
differs from the current change minus the
inflation rate. - Individual giving adjusted for inflation is
estimated to have increased 2.9 percent in 2005,
a faster rate of growth than the 1.2 percent
estimated for 2004. - Contributions by bequest fell in 2005 by an
estimated 8.6 percent, following an
inflation-adjusted decline of 1.1 percent in 2004.
42CHANGES IN GIVING BY SOURCE, 20042005 AND
20032004
(Adjusted for inflation)
- Foundation grantmaking adjusted for inflation
rose by an estimated 2.1 percent in 2005, a
slower rate of growth than the 3.1 percent found
in 2004. - Corporate giving adjusted for inflation increased
an estimated 18.5 percent, dramatically above the
decline of 1.0 percent found for 2004.
43CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT,20042005
AND 20032004
(Not adjusted for inflation)
20042005
20032004
Percentage change from previous year
44CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT,20042005
AND 20032004
(Not adjusted for inflation)
- With disaster giving included, giving to
religious organizations rose by 5.9 percent in
2005, a faster rate of change than the 4.0
percent for 2004. - Giving to the education subsector rose by 13.1
percent in 2005, which is the fastest rate of
growth since 2000 for this subsector. - Giving to health organizations rose by 2.7
percent in 2005, trailing the 5.1 percent
increase seen in 2004. - Giving to human services organizations, which
included more than 3.3 billion in disaster
relief giving, rose by 32.3 percent in 2005. - Gifts to the arts, culture, and humanities
subsector fell by 3.4 percent in 2005, the first
decline since 1998.
45CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT,20042005
AND 20032004
(Not adjusted for inflation)
- Giving for organizations in the public-society
benefit subsector rose by 8.3 percent in 2005,
exceeding the 2004 change of 6.8 percent due to
the disaster relief giving included for 2005. - Giving for the environment and animals subsector
increased by 16.4 percent in 2005, an unusually
high rate of change that follows growth of 7.0
percent in 2004. - Giving for international affairs organizations,
which includes relief giving, grew by 19.4
percent in 2005, compared with the very low rate
of growth of 0.9 percent in 2004.
46CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT,20042005
AND 20032004
(Adjusted for inflation)
20042005
20032004
Percentage change from previous year
47CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT,20042005
AND 20032004
(Adjusted for inflation)
- Adjusted for inflation, gifts to religious
organizations grew by 2.5 percent in 2005,
compared with a change of 1.3 percent in 2004. - Gifts to educational organizations in 2005 rose
by an inflation-adjusted 9.4 percent, much more
than the 3.5 percent rate of growth in 2004. - Adjusted for inflation, gifts to health
organizations dropped by 0.7 percent in 2005,
which follows an increase of 2.3 percent in 2004. - Gifts to human services organizations ended a
three-year inflation-adjusted decline in 2005,
growing by 28.0 percent. A portion of that is
from disaster relief giving, but a nearly equal
portion of the change is from other giving to
human services.
48CHANGES IN GIVING BY TYPE OF RECIPIENT,20042005
AND 20032004
(Adjusted for inflation)
- Giving to arts, culture, and humanities
organizations fell by 6.6 percent after
adjustment for inflation. This drop follows
healthy growth of 3.9 percent in 2004. - Giving to organizations in the public-society
benefit subsector rose by 4.7 percent in 2005,
just slightly more than the 4.0 percent rate of
growth found for 2004. - Gifts to the environment and animals subsector
grew by 12.6 percent in 2005, three times more
than the 4.2 percent rate of growth found for
2004. - Giving to the international affairs subsector
increased by 15.6 percent after adjustment for
inflation. This reflects disaster relief giving
and other giving.
49TOTAL GIVING, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
Recessions in green 196970 197375 1980
198182 199091 2001
50TOTAL GIVING, 19652005
- In current dollars, before adjustment for
inflation, estimated giving has increased by
245.57 billion since 1965. Nearly half of that
growth (49 percent) has been since 1996, when
giving was an estimated 139.10 billion. - Adjusted for inflation, estimated giving has
risen from 91.20 billion in 1965 to 260.28
billion in 2005. This is an increase of more than
169 billion, or 185 percent. Most of that growth
has been since 1996, when inflation-adjusted
giving was 173.14 billion. - In 2005, giving of 260.28 billion has not quite
surpassed the inflation-adjusted high of 260.53
billion achieved in 2000, which coincided with
the end of the so-called tech bubble in the
stock market.
51TOTAL GIVING BY SOURCE BY FIVE-YEAR SPANS,
1966-2005(Adjusted for inflation, in billions)
1,270.83
1,081.51
781.02
740.06
621.38
569.54
549.95
516.39
196670
20012005
199600
199195
198690
198185
197680
197175
Individuals
Bequests
Foundations
Corporations
Giving USA uses the CPI to adjust for inflation.
52TOTAL GIVING BY SOURCE BY FIVE-YEAR SPANS,
1966-2005(Adjusted for inflation)
- Adjusted for inflation, giving in the 2001-2005
period was 17.5 percent more than in the prior
five-year period of 1996-2000. - The increase seen in all donations for the
2001-2005 period reflects - 15.9 percent growth in individual giving
- 7.7 percent growth in bequest gifts
- 41.3 percent growth in grants from independent,
community, and operating foundations, which is
attributed by the Foundation Center to
grantmaking at prior levels even as assets fell
in the early 2000s, the creation of new
foundations, and new gifts made to existing
foundations and - 13.9 percent increase in corporate giving,
including grants from corporate foundations.
53TOTAL GIVING BY SOURCE BY FIVE-YEAR SPANS,
1966-2005(Adjusted for inflation)
- Since the 1966-1970 period, there has been a
146.1 percent increase in total giving. This
reflects - 138.9 percent growth in individual giving
- 116.2 percent growth in bequest gifts
- 235.7 percent increase in grantmaking by
independent, community, and operating
foundations, as tracked by the Foundation Center
and - 160.4 percent increase in corporate giving,
including grants from corporate foundations
reported by the Foundation Center.
54GIVING BY INDIVIDUALS, 19652005
( in billions)
55GIVING BY INDIVIDUALS, 19652005
- Charitable giving by individuals and households
reached an estimated 199.07 billion in 2005,
compared with a revised estimate of 187.11
billion for 2004. This is a growth of 6.4 percent
(2.9 percent adjusted for inflation). - This estimate includes a projection that
households itemizing charitable deductions on
their tax returns will claim gifts totaling
156.32 billion for 2005. For 2003, households
itemized charitable gifts of 145.702 billion.
This is the most recent IRS data available in
spring 2006. - The estimate of giving by households that do not
itemize charitable deductions is 36.92 billion,
or an average of 551 in contributions from each
of the 70 or so percent of households that do not
itemize charitable deductions. - The estimate of individual giving is 76.5 percent
of total giving for 2005. - Before adding disaster giving, individual giving
is estimated to be 193.24 billion.
56GIVING BY INDIVIDUALS, 19652005
- Individual giving includes 5.83 billion in
estimated contributions for disaster relief made
in 2005. Most studies conducted suggest that
almost all disaster relief giving by households
was in addition to any other giving those
families did. The disaster estimate has been
added to the estimate of itemized charitable
contributions and donations by households that do
not itemize. - The Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act (KETRA) may
have stimulated some new giving and it may have
shifted some giving into 2005 that would have
occurred in later years. With no data available
in April 2006 about the extent of the impact of
the KETRA provision, no adjustment has been made
to the Giving USA estimate for individual giving
in 2005.
57GIVING BY BEQUEST, 19652005
( in billions)
58GIVING BY BEQUEST, 19652005
- Charitable bequests in 2005 reached an estimated
17.44 billion. This is a decrease of 5.6 percent
compared with the revised estimate of 18.47
billion for 2004. Adjusted for inflation, the
decline is 8.7 percent. - Estimated charitable bequests are 6.7 percent of
total giving for 2005. - Charitable bequests are dropping at least in part
because of a slow-down in the number of people
dying. The National Center for Health Statistics
office reported a decline of 50,000 in the number
of deaths in 2004, the sharpest decline in 70
years. - Another contributing factor to the decline in
charitable bequests in recent years is the very
slow growth in household assets from 1999 through
2004. John Havens of the Boston College Center on
Wealth and Philanthropy reports that, adjusted
for inflation, in those years, total household
wealth held by all families grew by just 0.2
percent cumulatively.
59GIVING BY BEQUEST, 19652005
- Researchers at the Federal Reserve Board released
an analysis of the 2004 Survey of Consumer
Finances, which shows that for people age 65 and
above, on average, net worth fell between 2001
and 2004. Lower net worth means lower charitable
bequests, even when all household wealth is
averaged across all households. It can also mean
lower giving by living individuals. - About one-fifth (3.63 billion, or 18 percent) of
the dollar amount in the charitable bequest
estimate is from estates below the federal estate
tax filing threshold. Based on IRS data from
estate tax returns for 2004, about 40 percent of
the bequest estimate is from 300 or so estates
that have a gross estate value of 20 million or
more, and the remaining 20 percent of the bequest
estimate is from more than 11,000 estates with
gross estate value between 1.5 million and
19.99 million. - Other planned giving instruments such as
annuities and trusts are not included in the
Giving USA estimate of charitable bequests.
60GIVING BY FOUNDATIONS, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
Data The Foundation Center
61GIVING BY FOUNDATIONS, 19652005
- The Foundation Center estimated 30.0 billion in
giving in 2005 by independent, community, and
operating foundations. This is a 5.6 percent
increase in grantmaking by these types of
foundations (2.1 percent adjusted for inflation)
compared with the final amount of 28.41 billion
for 2004. - The Foundation Center summarized these trends as
important to foundation grantmaking in 2005 - Growth in foundation assets in 2004
- New gifts to existing foundations
- Creation of new foundations in 2004 and 2005.
62GIVING BY FOUNDATIONS, 19652005
- The Foundation Center notes that growth in
grantmaking in 2005 was lower than the percentage
increase in assets in 2004. For independent,
community, and operating foundations, grantmaking
rose by 5.6 percent and asset values (including
new gifts to existing foundations, investment
yields, and new foundation creation) rose by 7.1
percent. Grantmaking budgets in 2005 may reflect
grantmaker caution in light of a two-year decline
in assets from 2000 to 2002 and the practice at
many large foundations of basing grantmaking on
an average of asset values calculated over
several years. Added to these factors was the
relatively lackluster performance of the stock
market in 2005. - Foundation grantmaking represented 11.5 percent
of all estimated contributions in 2005, which is
near the all-time high of 11.8 percent in 2001.
63GIVING BY CORPORATIONS, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
64GIVING BY CORPORATIONS, 19652005
- Corporate contributions rose to an estimated
13.77 billion in 2005, an increase of 22.5
percent (18.5 percent adjusted for inflation)
compared with the revised estimate of 11.24
billion for 2004. - Corporate charitable contributions are 5.3
percent of total estimated giving in 2005.
65GIVING BY CORPORATIONS, 19652005
- The growth in corporate giving in 2005 reflects
- An estimated 1.38 billion in donations for
disaster relief with 84 million removed from
that total as potentially double-counted
corporate foundation grants. - An estimated increase of more than 1 billion
associated with increases in gross domestic
product and increases in corporate profits. - Corporate foundation grantmaking of an estimated
3.6 billion, using data collected by the
Foundation Center. - Subtraction of corporate gifts of an estimated
3.4 billion made to corporate foundations, based
on the past three years of corporate giving to
fund corporate foundations and including the
creation of the Google Foundation with a gift of
90 million.
66GIVING BY CORPORATIONS, 19652005
- Corporate giving is associated with changes in
corporate profits. One profit measure, the Bureau
of Economic Analysiss report of corporate
profits before tax, showed a very high rate of
growth in 2005, which at least partially
reflected tax law changes for 2002 through 2005
that affect depreciation. Giving USA developed an
estimate with an adjusted level of profits to try
to take into account the portion of the profit
increase attributable to depreciation. The
resulting estimate of corporate giving for 2005
was 13.76 billion instead of 13.77. - The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy
(CECP) collected data from more than 100 of the
countrys largest firms, and collectively, those
companies reported a 15 percent increase in
tax-deductible charitable contributions for 2005,
including cash and non-cash contributions. CECPs
survey respondents have, in the past, accounted
for about a third to 40 percent of corporate
giving claimed on tax returns.
67GIVING BY SOURCE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BY
FIVE-YEAR SPANS, 19662005
Individuals
Bequests
Foundations
Corporations
68GIVING BY SOURCE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BY
FIVE-YEAR SPANS, 19662005
- Giving by individuals has maintained a fifty-year
trend of being by far the single most important
source of donations in the United States. - Charitable bequests, which increases as a share
of the total in 1991-1995 and again from
1996-2000, have declined to just under 8 percent
of all giving for the period 2001-2005. - Grantmaking by foundations has been a fairly
stable 11.5 to 11.8 percent of the total since
2001. For the 2001-2005 period, foundation
grantmaking is the largest share after individual
giving. - Donations made by corporations, including
corporate foundations, rose slightly as a share
of the total in 2005, to 5.3 percent. The share
of 4.9 percent for the 2001-2005 period is
slightly lower than the five-year spans since
1981, but more than the values for 1966-1980.
69GIVING BY SOURCE, AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL,
1965-2005
Individuals
Bequests
Foundations
Corporations
70GIVING BY SOURCE, DOLLAR AMOUNT,1965-2005( in
billions)
Individuals
Bequests
Foundations
Corporations
71TOTAL GIVING AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC
PRODUCT, 19652005
2.3
2.1
2.0
2.0
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
Data are rounded.
72TOTAL GIVING AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC
PRODUCT, 19652005
- Total estimated giving of 260.28 billion is 2.1
percent of gross domestic product for 2005. It
has remained above 2.0 percent since 1997 after
more than 20 years below that amount. - The high of 2.3 percent was in 2000, when
contributions grew by 8 percent for religious
organizations and 15.3 percent at educational
institutions. In addition, in that year,
foundations received 24.71 billion, the
third-highest year on record for foundation
giving. Those three organizational types combined
account for nearly sixty percent of total
contributions. Significant gifts to all three in
2000 lifted giving to an exceptional level.
73INDIVIDUAL GIVING AS A SHARE OF PERSONAL INCOME
AND DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME, 19652005
74INDIVIDUAL GIVING AS A SHARE OF PERSONAL INCOME
AND DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME, 19652005
- After reaching a peak in 2000, giving as a
percentage of personal income and as a percentage
of disposable income has leveled off. - Disposable income reflects personal income less
taxes to federal, state and local governments
(i.e., it is after-tax income). For 2005, the
Federal Bureau of Economic Analysiss estimate of
personal income was 2.0 percent more than the
2004 estimate, after adjustment for inflation
using the Consumer Price Index. Disposable
personal income, also reported by the Bureau of
Economic Analysis, rose by 0.9 percent in 2005,
using the same data source. Growth in giving of
2.9 percent (adjusted for inflation) exceeded the
rate of growth in disposable personal income.
75INDIVIDUAL GIVING AS A PERCENTAGE OF PERSONAL
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES EXCLUDING FOOD AND
ENERGY, 1965-2005
3.8
3.5
3.3
3.2
3.2
2.8
2.8
2.7
2.4
76INDIVIDUAL GIVING AS A PERCENTAGE OF PERSONAL
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES EXCLUDING FOOD AND
ENERGY, 1965-2005
- Giving can be viewed as a form of consumption,
or an expenditure that a household chooses to
make among many other possible choices of how to
spend its income. One common way to measure
expenditures by households is to remove the food
and energy costs because they are the most
subject to short-term changes. Reflecting this,
the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis provides a
personal consumption expenditures measure
excluding food and energy. - In 1965, household contributions began falling as
a share of personal expenditures when food and
energy are excluded. The lowest percentage was in
1995, when giving was 2.4 percent of personal
expenditures excluding of food and energy. - From 1995 through 2000, charitable giving
increased as a percentage of consumption.
77INDIVIDUAL GIVING AS A PERCENTAGE OF PERSONAL
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES EXCLUDING FOOD AND
ENERGY, 1965-2005
- Since 2001, giving has been fairly stable, around
2.8 percent of personal consumption expenditures
when food and energy are excluded. - The values in this graph are generally higher
than giving as a percentage of income or as a
percentage of disposable income because giving is
divided by a smaller amount expenditures with
two big categories (food and energy) excluded.
78CORPORATE GIVING AS A PERCENTAGE OF CORPORATE
PRETAX PROFITS, 19652005
1.8
1.4
1.3
1.1
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.8
Data are rounded.
79CORPORATE GIVING AS A PERCENTAGE OF CORPORATE
PRETAX PROFITS, 19652005
- Corporate giving as a percentage of corporate
profits is estimated to be 1.0 percent in 2005,
one of the lowest levels found since 1980, but
close to the 40-year average of 1.2 percent. - This lower level of giving as a share of profits
does not reflect less corporate giving. Instead,
the estimated 13.77 billion in corporate giving
is calculated as a percentage of dramatically
increased profits, and at least a part of the
increased profits is attributed to changing rules
about depreciation, and not to corporate income. - The Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act (KETRA)
permitted corporations in 2005 to increase the
amount claimed in deductions to 15 percent of
income (up from the 10 percent usually in force).
It is not clear whether that might affect
corporate giving for the year. No adjustment has
been made to the 2005 estimate to incorporate any
potential impact of KETRA.
80CORPORATE GIVING AS A PERCENTAGE OF CORPORATE
PRETAX PROFITS, 19652005
- Tax law changes in 2002 and 2003 also shifted how
corporations claim depreciation (which affects
how profits are calculated) and how corporations
value in-kind gifts. - With the numerous changes in corporate accounting
rules in effect since 2001, the measure of
corporate giving as a percentage of pretax
profits is difficult to interpret and should be
cited sparingly.
81GIVING TO RELIGION, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
82GIVING TO RELIGION, 19652005
- Giving to religious organizations increased by
5.9 percent (2.5 percent adjusted for inflation),
reaching an estimated 93.18 billion in 2005. - Giving to religious organizations represented
35.8 percent of total estimated charitable
contributions in the United States in 2005. - Religious organizations received contributions of
more than 430 million for disaster relief.
Giving USA does not count the thousands of
volunteer hours contributed by members of
congregations or the household items collected by
congregations to give directly to survivors of
the natural disasters.
83GIVING TO EDUCATION, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
84GIVING TO EDUCATION, 19652005
- Charitable gifts to educational organizations
reached an estimated 38.56 billion in 2005, an
increase of 13.1 percent compared with 2004 (9.4
percent adjusted for inflation). - Educational organizations received 14.8 percent
of estimated total giving. - The increase was driven by large organizations,
most of which are colleges and universities.
Among the large institutions that responded to
the Giving USA survey, nearly two-thirds (64
percent) reported an increase averaging 11
million. All sizes of educational organizations
in the Giving USA survey reported growth in
charitable receipts in 2005. - Anecdotal reports suggest that at least part of
the increase seen in giving to educational
institutions in 2005 is attributable to the fact
that donors prepaid pledges to benefit from the
tax advantages available in the Katrina Emergency
Tax Relief Act. This parallels the 14.9 percent
increase in giving to education in 1986, when
donors made gifts before tax rate changes for
1987 reduced the tax benefit for contributions
itemized as tax deductions.
85GIVING TO EDUCATION, 19652005
- Donations to educational institutions after
Hurricane Katrina included funding for
institutions in New Orleans to defray the costs
of rebuilding, contributions toward tuition for
students relocating to other schools, and a major
gift of 50 million for rebuilding public schools
in Mississippi.
86GIVING TO FOUNDATIONS, 19782005
( in billions)
4.82
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
1.61
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
1978
Data The Foundation Center
87GIVING TO FOUNDATIONS, 19782005
- The Foundation Center estimates approximately
21.70 billion in gifts to foundations in 2005.
This represents approximately 8.3 percent of all
giving in 2005. - The Foundation Center tracks active, grantmaking
foundations and reports 65,140 foundations in
2004. The figure for 2005 from the Foundation
Center will be released in early 2007. - In prior years, the Foundation Center has found
that for every 1 billion given to new
foundations, approximately 20 billion is given
to existing foundations. - Giving USA reports the amount of giving to
foundations using the Foundation Centers report
of gifts received as listed on IRS Forms 990-PF.
A foundation may receive announced gifts, as from
an estate, many years after the initial
announcement
88GIVING TO FOUNDATIONS, 19782005
- In January 2006, the search tool
FoundationSearch.com reported 1,624 foundations
registered since January 2005 that had not yet
filed their first IRS Form 990-PF. - Foundation Center findings about gifts to
foundations in 2005 will be released in the 2007
edition of Foundation Growth and Giving
Estimates.
89GIVING TO HEALTH, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
90GIVING TO HEALTH, 19652005
- Giving to organizations in the health subsector
is estimated to be 22.54 billion in 2005. This
is 8.7 percent of total estimated giving. - In current dollars, giving to health rose by an
estimated 2.7 percent in 2005. Adjusted for
inflation, this is a decline of 0.7 percent, the
first decline since 2002. - In the Giving USA survey, large and medium-sized
health charities reported increases in
contributions received. Small health
organizations reported a decline. - Volunteers in the health professions and
companies manufacturing health products organized
countless formal (through an organization) and
informal (direct to individuals) rescue and
relief efforts after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita,
and Wilma struck the Gulf Coast of the United
States. No dollar value can be put on the total
of volunteer hours and the donated medicines,
supplies, and equipment.
91GIVING TO HEALTH, 19652005
- Health organizations received contributions for
needs that arose after the hurricanes. No total
estimate was available in mid-2006. Examples
include a 1 million foundation grant for health
clinics and reported gifts from individuals to
help provide continuing care for people with
cancer, diabetes, arthritis, or other illnesses. - Several major health-related organizations
committed funds from their reserves or raised new
funds to support relief and rebuilding efforts in
the storm zone. These include the American
Diabetes Association, the American Heart
Association, the National Mental Health
Association, Easter Seals, the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society, and more.
92GIVING TO HUMAN SERVICES, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
93GIVING TO HUMAN SERVICES, 19652005
- Giving to organizations in the human services
subsector is estimated to be 25.36 billion in
2005. This is 9.7 percent of total estimated
giving. - In current dollars, giving to human services
organizations increased by an estimated 32.3
percent in 2005. Adjusted for inflation, this is
growth of 28.0 percent. This is the highest rate
of growth on record for this subsector. - Only some of the growth in the human services
subsector giving can be attributed to giving for
disaster relief. The balance is from other
changes. Before the disaster contribution amounts
are added, there was growth of 15.0 percent (11.3
percent adjusted for inflation) in contributions
reported by the organizations participating in
the Giving USA survey, reversing a three-year
trend of inflation-adjusted declines in giving to
this subsector.
94GIVING TO HUMAN SERVICES, 19652005
- Disaster relief contributions on survey responses
received were supplemented with public records
from organizations not returning the survey.
Disaster giving reached an estimated 3.31
billion for human services organizations. The
largest single recipient was the American Red
Cross, with an estimated 2.4 billion (72.5
percent) received for the three disasters the
Indian Ocean tsunami, the hurricanes in the
Caribbean that struck the U.S. Gulf Coast, and
the earthquake in the mountains of Pakistan.
95GIVING TO PUBLIC-SOCIETYBENEFIT, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
96GIVING TO PUBLIC-SOCIETYBENEFIT, 19652005
- Giving to organizations in the public-society
benefit subsector is estimated to be 14.03
billion in 2005. This is 5.4 percent of total
estimated giving. - In current dollars, giving to public-society
benefit organizations rose by an estimated 8.3
percent in 2005. Adjusted for inflation, this is
an increase of 4.7 percent. - Before disaster relief contributions are
included, survey responses showed that giving was
up 6.2 percent (2.8 percent adjusted for
inflation) for all organizations combined. - With disaster giving included, large
organizations responding to the survey reported
an average increase of 344,574 in contributions
received. Medium-sized and small organizations in
this subsector also reported increased
contributions received in 2005.
97GIVING TO PUBLIC-SOCIETYBENEFIT, 19652005
- United Way of America reported that contributions
for hurricane response reached 45 million by
October 2005. The Bush-Clinton Fund established
for response to the tsunami was replicated for
Katrina response. Combined, the two funds raised
more than 110 million in 2005. A number of other
organizations in the public-society benefit
subsector raised funds for disaster response. Not
all amounts were available in mid-2006 to add to
the estimate for giving to this subsector.
98GIVING TO ARTS, CULTURE,AND HUMANITIES, 19652005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
99GIVING TO ARTS, CULTURE,AND HUMANITIES, 19652005
- Giving to organizations in the arts subsector
declined in 2005, to 13.51 billion, a drop of
3.4 percent (-6.6 percent adjusted for
inflation). This is the first decline before
inflation found since 1998. - Contributions to the arts, culture, and
humanities subsector are 5.2 percent of total
estimated giving. - Among organizations responding to the Giving USA
survey, large arts organizations and small arts
organizations reported a decline in charitable
gifts received medium-sized organizations saw
growth in giving. - About 65 large arts organizations receive
one-quarter of total contributions in the arts
subsector, based on IRS Forms 990 filed in 2003.
Changes in the large organizations heavily
influence the direction of change for all
organizations in arts giving
100GIVING TO ARTS, CULTURE,AND HUMANITIES, 19652005
- Several large donations to arts organizations
announced in 2005 were in-kind gifts, including
collections given to the Dallas Museum of Arts,
the Getty Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts,
the De Young Museum, and the Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts. The value of in-kind contributions is
not sought in the Giving USA survey. Donors of
collections, however, are allowed by law to claim
at least some portion of the value of the gift as
a tax deduction. The amount that donors claim is
in the estimate of giving by source but the value
of the gift will not appear in the arts
subsector. If an in-kind donation is not reported
by the recipient as a gift but is claimed by the
donor as a deduction, it forms a part of
unallocated giving.
101GIVING TO ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS,19872005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
1987
1990
1995
2000
2005
102GIVING TO ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS,19872005
- Giving to organizations in the environment and
animals subsector is estimated to be 8.86
billion in 2005. This is 3.4 percent of total
estimated giving. - In current dollars, giving to environment and
animals organizations increased by an estimated
16.4 percent in 2005. Adjusted for inflation,
this is an increase of 12.6 percent. - The estimate of giving to this subsector rose in
2005 because 63 percent of organizations reported
an increase in charitable revenue from 2004 to
2005. The increases were large, on average 26
percent more than the amount raised in 2004. - Organizations in all three size groups (large,
medium-sized, and small) reported growth in
giving. The amount donated to all large
organizations providing data rose by 15 percent
medium-sized organizations received 14 percent
more than in 2004 and gifts to small
organizations rose by 28 percent.
103GIVING TO ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS,19872005
- Animal rescue efforts in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina received an estimated 30
million or more in donations, much of which was
from online giving.
104GIVING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 19872005
( in billions)
Inflation-adjusted dollars
Current dollars
1987
1990
1995
2000
2005
105GIVING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 19872005
- Giving to organizations in the international
affairs subsector is estimated to be 6.39
billion in 2005, which includes at least 1.14
billion in gifts for relief work after the
December 2004 tsunami and the October 2005
earthquake in Pakistan. International affairs
organizations also reported gifts received for
relief work after the hurricanes. - Giving to international affairs organi